Hi all
As we said in two posts on the thread, here and here, this is a short term response to a particular problem - we're trying to do the right thing by someone who's had a pretty rough time and, like most of us would if we were in that position, is feeling pretty raw having come in for some criticism over the last few days.
We think most MNers already understand that, if it's relentlessly repeated, valid critique reaches a point when it looks a lot like a pile-on. We're not banning any particular topics of discussion and as you know we work hard to let the conversation flow - but we felt that enough was more than enough there. We know that the vast majority of MNers don't want to see folk really upset by what they read about themselves on MN, particularly in these circumstances. Just to be clear, this isn't in response to any legal communications - we're just wanting to do the right thing here, and to get the balance right.
As we said on the thread 'while there's clearly a great deal of interest in this relatively new area of 'public' family life, we don't think that's a justification for a free-for-all on people who are themselves finding their way.' We're going to continue to keep a close eye on these threads and we'll be taking a three strikes approach (as we do informally in general) so please do make sure that you don't post anything you wouldn't be happy to say face to face.
Thanks all
MNHQ